Jean-Claude Juncker launched an attack on the PM after their No10 dinner

German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung claimed Juncker left the meeting at Number 10 feeling pessimistic about the prospects of a Brexit deal.

It reported the European Commission president as saying: "I leave... 10 times more sceptical than I was before."

But May has dismissed the claims and insisted the meeting was constructive.

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Theresa May dismissed the claims as "Brussels gossip"

She continued: "I have to say that from what I've seen of this account, I think it's Brussels gossip.

"And just look at what the European Commission themselves said immediately after the dinner took place, which was that the talks had been constructive.
"But it also shows that these negotiations are at times going to be tough."

"To start negotiations by threatening to walk away with no deal and set up a low tax economy on the shores of Europe is not a very sensible way of approaching people with whom half of our trade is done at the present time."

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